Coligny is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The commune lies near Bourg-en-Bresse; the Solnan forms its southwestern border. Coligny, called is famed for the Coligny calendar. This lunisolar calendar, which dates from second-century Roman Gaul, has been key in the understanding of the knowledge of astronomy among the Gauls and also supplied interesting information about the Gaulish language, such as the names of months and the words for "lucky" and "unlucky." It was an engraved bronze tablet originally discovered as fragments in 1897. It is written in the Latin alphabet and it represents a five-year cycle composed of three years having twelve lunar months and two years having thirteen lunar months.
Country: France
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area: 16.87 km² (6.51 sq mi)
Elevation: 199–575 m (653–1,886 ft) · (avg. 293 m or 961 ft)
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